Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused Of Sending Threatening Message To Lizzy Anjorin’s Husband
A woman, Folashade Olalude, who was arrested by the police and currently being prosecuted for cyber bullying, has been granted bail by Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate Court .
Folashade was accused of sending threatening message to a businessman, Alhaji Lawal Abdullateef.
The woman, , who was brought before Chief Magistrate Oluwatosin Fowowe-Erusiafe, is facing charges bordering on conspiracy, intent to steal, cyberbullying and threatening to kill..
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the prosecutor, Mr. Henry Obiazi, told the court that the defendant and others now at large, between 2015 and 2022, conspired among themselves to commit the alleged offences.
Obiazi added that Folashade, with an intent to steal, demanded over N5 million, on different occasions from Alhaji Lawal Abdullateef, while threatening to publish his name on the Internet as a fraudster or use bloggers’ websites to defame his character and the reputation of his wife, a movie star, Lizzy Anjorin, if the demands are not met.
He also told the court that the defendant had, sometime in October 2023, written a letter to the businessman, threatening to kill him, adding that Folashade equally sent the same threatening message to Abdullateef’s phone, these offences , he noted, contravened Sections 411, 301, and 232 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state 2015.
Folashade however pleaded not guilty to the charges and the prosecutor had consequently urged the court to remand her in a custodial facility.
The defendant’s lawyer, I. S. Ijenkeri, pleaded with the court to admit her to bail in the most liberal terms, submitting that the charges against her are bailable.
Magistrate Fowowe-Ersiafe, in her ruling, granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N200,000, with two sureties in like sum.
The Magistrate added that Folashade should be remanded in the Kirikiri female section of the NCS facility until she meets the bail conditions.
Magistrate Fowowe-Ersiafe later adjourned the matter until March 14, 2024, for trial-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
